CPT INTERNATIONAL: Canada Coordinator position opening at Christian Peacemaker Teams

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) is accepting expressions of interest for the position of Canada Coordinator.

Reports to Communications & Engagement Director

Terms: Stipended, full-time, 40 hours/week, three-year term commitment

Compensation: Up to $2000usd/mo

Location: Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario area; office located in Waterloo

Start Date: 15 October 2016

Application Deadline: 25 September 2016; Please send resumé and statement of motivation to outreach@cpt.org. Full job description available upon request.

Position Summary: This full-time (40 hours/week) administrative position supports CPT's efforts to amplify the voices of our partners and resource the well-being of our workers. It involves managing CPT's Canada office including finances, engaging Canadian supporters in fundraising and advocacy for peacemaking and nurturing supportive relationships with Canadian CPTers.

Responsibilities include 1) overseeing CPT's administrative work in Canada; 2) overseeing CPT's communications and engagement work in Canada; 3) participating in the overall work of CPT's Administrative Team which cares for the whole "web" of the organization.

The position involves some international travel for meetings and work with field teams each year.

Description of Organization:

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to building partnerships to transform violence and oppression in situations of lethal conflict around the world. We are committed to work and relationships that: 1) honor and reflect the presence of faith and spirituality, 2) strengthen grassroots initiatives, 3) transform structures of domination and oppression, and 4) embody creative nonviolence and liberating love.

CPT understands violence to be rooted in systemic structures of oppression. We are committed to undoing oppressions within our own lives and in the policies and practices of our organization.

CPT is a Christian-identified organization with multi-faith membership. We seek individuals who are capable, responsible and rooted in faith/spirituality to work for peace as members of violence-reduction teams trained in the disciplines of nonviolence. Information about our current peacemaking work in Canada, Colombia, Iraqi Kurdistan and Palestine is available on our website at www.cpt.org.

Qualifications - Position Specific:

▪ Solid administrative and organizational skills including attention to detail

▪ Experience working on peace and justice issues

▪ Excellent written and verbal communication skills using ever-changing communication technology

▪ Demonstrated interpersonal and cross cultural skills

▪ Familiar with Canada's history/politics and legally able to work in Canada

▪ Working knowledge of word processing, e-mail, social media

▪ Familiarity with CPT's sponsoring bodies and clusters of support, or a willingness to grow in this area

▪ Oral and written English language fluency required; fluency in French desired; cultural and linguistic fluency in CPT project locations a plus

Able to

▪ work independently and collaboratively as part of a dispersed team across continents

▪ lift up to 11 kilograms (25 pounds) and walk 8 kilometers (5 miles) per day

▪ travel across international borders

▪ Must be over age 21

▪ Non-CPT members must participate in CPT's month-long training program as part of their orientation

Qualifications - Faith/Spiritually-Based, Nonviolent, Teamwork:

▪ Strong commitment to CPT's mission, vision, and values

▪ Commitment to the practice of active nonviolent peacemaking as part of a team in settings of intense conflict and oppression

▪ Grounding in faith/spirituality

▪ Experience in and commitment to dismantling racism, sexism, heterosexism and other oppressions; awareness of ways that oppressions intersect; sensitivity to ways oppression operates differently in different cultural settings

▪ Understanding of and willingness to participate in decision-making by consensus while nurturing a culture of communication and consultation.

To apply for this job email your details to outreach@cpt.org

Read more about the work of Christian Peacemaker Teams here: http://cpt.org/